Screamo

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Screamo
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins
Early 1990s United States and Canada
Typical instruments
Mainstream popularity Was Underground, Gaining Acceptance[2]

Screamo is a musical genre which evolved from hardcore punk and emo in the early 1990s.

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[edit] Styles and Characteristics

Characteristic of the genre are screaming vocals, and the instruments are harmonized guitars, rhythmic bass, and fast-paced riffs. Screamo has been described as "mixing the literate, poetic lyrics of hardcore punk with a harsher and more metallic brand of sonic thrash"[3] as well as using screaming vocals "as a kind of crescendo element, a sonic weapon to be trotted out when the music and lyrics (every bit as evolved and autobiographically sincere as emo's were) reach a particular emotional pitch".[4] Other than that, it is fairly hard to classify (particularly since the rule about screaming vocals is bent fairly often).

[edit] History

The term "screamo" was initially applied to some of a more aggressive groups outcropping of emo that began in 1991, in San Diego, at the Ché Café, with groups such as Heroin, Antioch Arrow, and Swing Kids, who were influenced by D.C. hardcore, straight edge, and the Chicago group Articles of Faith[5]. Vermiform Records and Gravity Records released this more chaotic and expressive style of hardcore. The Canadian group Grade also contributed to the development of the style[6].


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Blood Runs Deep: 23 Bands Who Shaped the Scene", Alternative Press, July 7, 2008, pp. 126. 
  2. ^ Hill, Ian. "Screamo rules the 209", 209Vibe, April 2, 2008. 
  3. ^ DeRogatis, Jim. "Keep Thursday in mind", Chicago Sun-Times, September 19, 2003, pp. WEEKEND PLUS; NEWS; LIVE; Pg. 5. 
  4. ^ Dee, Jonathan. "The Summer of Screamo", The New York Times, June 29, 2003, pp. Section 6; Column 1; Magazine Desk; Pg. 26. 
  5. ^ "Blood Runs Deep: 23 Bands Who Shaped the Scene", Alternative Press, July 7, 2008, pp. 126. 
  6. ^ "Blood Runs Deep: 23 Bands Who Shaped the Scene", Alternative Press, July 7, 2008, pp. 142. 

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